Novel Health Plan for ‘Working Owners’ Is a Sham, DOL Says

The Biden Labor Department says a federal trial court in Texas erred last year when it signed off on a low-cost group health insurance alternative that some experts say could serve to undercut the Affordable Care Act.

The department submitted its opening foray this week in an appellate battle over whether health coverage two data mining partnerships offer in exchange for stats on internet usage qualifies as an employer-sponsored benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The novel limited-partnership business model threatens to undermine a major tenet of the Obama-era health law by steering enrollees away from state-sponsored ...